upsample to HD video for Vimeo ... handbrake help?

[Oats]

I've got a 1024x768 video that I want to upload to vimeo in HD. Unfortunately, vimeo won't make HD available to anything less than 1280 pixels wide.

What I'd like to do is upsample / upscale my video to 1280x960 and then upload it to vimeo. Can I do this with Handbrake, or do I need to use different software? Please help, thanks!

(Yes, I know upsampling degrades the image quality, but not nearly as much as the non-HD vimeo quality. I tried Handbrake "Picture Settings" and I can only make the size smaller. Anamorphic + PAR gives me some funny options, but so far not what I want. )

 

[jessicyan]

Handbrake isn't do it, Because its output format only support mkv and mp4, no. Flv. U must download a video convertion.
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[initialsBB]

Handbrake isn't do it, Because its output format only support mkv and mp4, no. Flv. U must download a video convertion.

Actually, no, Vimeo uses H264, not FLV: http://vimeo.com/help/compression.
Handbrake is even listed on the right of that page.

You are uploading 4:3 aspect video, you'll have to test to see what happens when you upload that pseudo-HD (official HD is 1280x720 or 1920x1080). You may also get more control over the conversion using MPEG Streamclip.

edit: I tested a 1280x960 upload, and although Vimeo does keep the ratio and size intact, it displays black bars on the left and right on the webpage (And full screen too, but that's normal with my 16:9 monitor).

 

[aarond12]

Handbrake CAN do what you're asking -- a simple video scaling. You just have to go to Picture Settings, set the scaling to "none", and put in pixel values that are evenly dividable by 16.

 

[Oats]

edit: I tested a 1280x960 upload, and although Vimeo does keep the ratio and size intact, it displays black bars on the left and right on the webpage (And full screen too, but that's normal with my 16:9 monitor).

After I upscale, I plan to use handbrake to crop the top and bottom to make it the right aspect ratio.

Handbrake CAN do what you're asking -- a simple video scaling. You just have to go to Picture Settings, set the scaling to "none", and put in pixel values that are evenly dividable by 16.

It appears to only let you scale DOWN, not up. Strange but true.

 

[initialsBB]

After I upscale, I plan to use handbrake to crop the top and bottom to make it the right aspect ratio.

I don't think I understand then... why crop top and bottom ?? Is your original 4:3 or 16:9 ??

It appears to only let you scale DOWN, not up. Strange but true.

Actually, I don't find that so strange. As a video "slimming" tool I see no reason for it to upscale.

 

[Oats]

I don't think I understand then... why crop top and bottom ?? Is your original 4:3 or 16:9 ??

Original is 4:3. After I crop top and bottom, it will be 16:9.

Actually, I don't find that so strange. As a video "slimming" tool I see no reason for it to upscale.

Handbrake is much more than a slimming tool. For all the functionality it provides, I'm surprised upscale is not an option. I've got to upscale just a little bit so that Vimeo will recognize it as an HD video, and give me the better encoding.

 

[initialsBB]

Original is 4:3. After I crop top and bottom, it will be 16:9.

You can do this in a two step process then, crop your original down to 1024x576, then upscale to 1280x720.

Handbrake is much more than a slimming tool. For all the functionality it provides, I'm surprised upscale is not an option.

Actually I'm pretty sure it started as a way of further compressing DVDs to get them to play on iPods and iPhones...

 

[Oats]

You can do this in a two step process then, crop your original down to 1024x576, then upscale to 1280x720.

you're earlier advice about MPEG Streamclip was right on. that program does what I needed. never heard of it before, but thanks for the advice.
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html